As Cities Go From Two Papers to One, Talk of Zero

New York Times by Richard Perez Pena | Mar. 12, 2009 (Special Report)
For Papers, a Downsizing Trickle Becomes a Flood

The history of The Seattle Post-Intelligencer stretches back more than two decades before Washington became a state, but after 146 years of publishing, the paper is expected to print its last issue next week, perhaps surviving only in a much smaller online version.

And it is not alone. The Rocky Mountain News shut down two weeks ago, and The Tucson Citizen is expected to fold next week.

At least Denver, Seattle and Tucson still have daily ... Full Story »

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 by Kenneth Sibbett - Dec. 29, 2009

While reading this well written an well sourced article, I started thinking what's the big deal. Maybe in New York, or Chicago it's a big dead, but this country isn't just big cities. People in small towns like I live in do not care. They have news coming out of their ears. Local news, national news on T.V., the internet has more news in ten minutes than a person could read in a lifetime. Want to know something. Google. I've gone out of my way to find someone who gives a damn if the New York Times closes, not one person said they cared. The local paper is sold out on Monday and Thursday. Why, because it is LOCAL.

Having said that, I've read a fresh newspaper everyday since I was eight.I was living in N.Y. and I went straight to the sports section to see if my hero, Mickey Mantle had homered or not. I hope the big time newspapers don't close, but I get all my news (except local) off the net or the news program.

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